Water-elevator.



No. 860,686. 4 PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

J. NEIL.

WATER ELEVATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1, 1906.

WITNESSES: %}7

By 2 t I I M I ATTOREYS THE NORRIS PETERS 59., WASHINGTON. m C

JOSEPH B. NEIL, OF FILBERT, SOUTH CAROLINA.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed June 1,1906. Serial No. 319.792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH B. NEIL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Filbert, in the county of York and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Water-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention rclatesto water elevators for use in connection with wells and it is more particularly an improvement upon the apparatus 7 described and claimed in an application filed by me on Jan. 22, 1906, Serial #297,323.

The object of the invention is to provide an elevator utilizing buckets and having means for holding the buckets suspended while they are being tilted, said tilting operation resulting in the unlocking of the bucket so that after the contents have been poured therefrom the bucket will be automatically released from its holding means and permitted to move downward into the well.

A still fm'ther object is to provide buckets which can be used in pairs and will not catch upon each other while passing but will be deflected from each other.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts the preferred forms of which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through a well curbing equipped with this improved water elevating mechanism and showing by dotted lines the positions assumed by the parts when the bucket has been tilted; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the latch operating shaft; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of a bucket having a deflecting device thereon of a modified construction.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is the well curbing 011 which is mounted a-pair of upwardly extending brackets 2 in which is mounted a shaft 3 carrying a grooved wheel 4 which serves to support a hoisting rope 5. i This shaft is adapted to be rtated by means of a crank 6 or in any other preferred manner.

Parallel bracket members 7 are secured to a top member 8 of the curbing and have diverging guides 9 and 10 extending therefrom the guides 10 being shorter than the guides 9. A rock shaft 11 is mounted within one of the brackets '7 and has curved arms 12 and 13 extending therefrom. An arm 15 is arranged at one end of the rock shaft and extends above the top member of the curbing and is adapted to be overlapped, and held against movement, by a latch lever 16 pivoted to one of the brackets. A tilting lever 17 is .pivoted within one side of the curbing and has a curved arm 18 constituting a cam.

The parts hereinbefore referred to have been shown and described in the application aforesaid and are intended to operate in the manner described in connection therewith. Each end of the hoisting rope 5 is fastened to the upper open end of a bucket 19 the two buckets being adapted to balance ordinarily and both having bails 20 pivotally connected thereto adjacent the bottoms thereof and formed with eyes, not shown, through which the hoisting rope 5 extends. The bottoms of the buckets are formed with inverted frusto-couical extensions 21 which constitute deflectors for the purpose of preventing the buckets when passing from catching upon each other. A trough 22 is disposed within the curbing and has an outlet faucet 23. A rock shaft 24 is mounted above this trough and is formed with tripping arms 25 one of which is disposed to one side of the path of each bucket 19. Another arm 26 extends from the shaft 24 and has a rod 27 pivoted to it and to the latch lever 16.

The normal positions of the parts are those shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 the latch lever 16 resting on the arm 15 and the curved arms 12 and 13 leaving the opening between brackets 7 clear. When a bucket 19 containing water is drawn upward by the rope 5 the bail 20 thereof which is engaged by the rope will move between the brackets 7 and strike the upper arm 12 so as to throw arm 15 under the latch lever 16 and thereby cause the two levers to assume the positions shown by full lines in Fig. 1. The lower arm 13 will thus be swung under the bail 20 and will support it. The downward movement of lever 16 will of course swing the shaft 24 so as to move the arms 25 into position shown by full lines. The upward movement of the bucket causes the lever -17 and its arm 18 to assume a position for tilting the bucket when the same is lowered and therefore as soon as the bail has been locked in the manner described the rope 5 is lowered by turning the shaft 3 in an opposite direction and the bucket 19 will swing slowly upon its pivotal connection with the bail and pour its contents into the trough 22. As the bucket reaches its lowest position it will strike the arm 25 in the path thereof and cause arm 26 to press the rod 27 upward thereby lifting the latch lever 16 away from the arm 15. Said arm is therefore free to return to its normal position and the bail 20 will pull out of engagement with the curved arm 13. The bucket will therefore reassume its upright position automatically and can continue downward into the well. As the bottom of the bucket has a frustoconical extension the two buckets When passing will not catch but will be deflected away from each other. Instead of forming each bucket with an integral extension of this character the same can be secured within a frusto-conical coiled spring deflector 28 such as shown in Fig. 3.

The preferred form of the invention has been set forth in the foregoing description but I do not limit myself thereto as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected thereto, a flexible hoisting element connected with the bucket and guided through the bail, means for automatically engaging the bail, a lock for automatically securing said means when engaging the bail, and means operated by the tilting of the bucket for releasing said bail engaging means.

2. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected therewith, a hoist ing element connected with the bucket and inovably engaging the bail, guiding means for the ball, a rock shaft having arms extending into the path of the bail and pro vided with terminal hooks, means for locking the arms in engagement with thebails, and means operated by the tilting of the buckets for automatically unlocking said arms.

3. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected therewith, a flexible hoisting element connected with the bucket and guided through the ball, a rock shaft having an arm extending into the path of the bail and provided with a terminal hook, means for locking the rock shaft when the latter has been turned to present the hook in bail engaging position, and means operated by the tilting of the bucket for unlocking the shaft.

4. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected therewith, a flexible hoisting element connected with the bucket and guided through the bail, guiding means for the bail, a rock shaft having an arm extending into the path of the bail and provided with a terminal hook, a crank upon said rock shaft, a latch lever normally supported by the crank and adapted to lie in the path thereof, and means operated by the tilting of the bucket for raising the lever into normal position.

5. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected therewith, a flexible hoisting element connected with the bucket and guided through the bail, means for automatically engaging the bail to support the bucket, a lock for securing said supporting means, and means operated by the tilting of the bucket for unlocking the supporting means.

6. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected thereto, means for automatically engaging the bail to support it in raised position, a lock for said means, and an unlocking device adjacent the bucket and adapted to be actuated by the bucket when tilted.

7. A bail, a bucket tiltably connected thereto, a flexible hoisting element connected with the bucket and guided through the bail, means for automatically engaging and supporting the bail when raised, a lock for said support ing means, a rocking arm adjacent and adapted to be actuated by the bucket when tilted, and means operated by the actuation of the arm for unlocking the supporting means.

S. The combination with a curbing having a trough therein, and an outlet in said trough; of a rock arm disposed adjacent the trough, a bail, a bucket tiltably connected thereto, means for automatically engaging and supporting the bail when raised above the trough, a lock for said supporting means, and a connection between the rocli arm and the lock for releasing said lock when the arm is rocked, said arm adapted to be actuated by the bucket when tilted.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH B. NEIL.

Witnesses i it. .7. Wi'rnnns, J. A. 'la'rn. 

